1784 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards

[edit] Events

• Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at Göttingen

[edit] New books

• Eliza Bromley - Laura and Augustus: an Authentic Story

[edit] New drama

• Thomas Holcroft - The Follies of the Day (translation of Pierre Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro)
• Elizabeth Inchbald - Mogul Tale
• Friedrich Schiller - Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe)

[edit] Poetry

• Rolliad (anonymous)

[edit] Non-fiction

• William Godwin - Sketches of History
• Immanuel Kant - What is Enlightenment?
• Antoine de Rivarol - Sur l'universalité de la langue française

[edit] Births

• January 31 - Bernard Barton, poet
• May 18 - William Tennant, Scottish poet
• date unknown - Antoine Ó Raifteiri, "last of the wandering bards"

[edit] Deaths

• December 13 - Samuel Johnson

[edit] Awards